Now that Republicans control both houses of Congress and will soon have a Republican president in the White House, they will finally be able to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The GOP has tried more than 50 times to repeal Obamacare but has failed each time, often through presidential vetoes.

Now that Republicans will finally be able to end Obamacare, Donald Trump and other have shifted position and may decide to keep popular parts of the act. Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley told CNN today that Republicans are scared to repeal Obamacare now they finally have the power.

“The Republicans are terrified of actually repealing because so many elements are quite popular,” the Oregon senator told Chris Cuomo. “The idea that you can have insurance even if you have preexisting conditions, the fact that children can stay on your policy until age 26, the investment in prevention, because prevention is so much smarter than treating diseases down the road — all of these elements really resonate.”

Oh, but Republicans loved pandering to their base by continually fighting a losing battle to repeal ObamaCare while Obama was in office. Now they’ll have to decide if they really want to continue their foolishness.

There’s a typo in your headline, and in the article itself. Jeff Merkley is a Democratic Senator, not a “Democrat Senator” as you write. This is because “Democrat” is a noun and “Democratic” is an adjective, contrary to the usage by Fox so-called News, Rush Limbaugh, the Republican Party, and other right-wing media outlets. Thank you.